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Council Changes Rate of Cost of Living Bonus of All Municipal Employees Timmins council held a nineâ€"minute meeting yesterday afternoon during which nothing of any importance took place. At the conclusion of the meetâ€" ing Councillor Karl Eyre argued, howâ€" ever, that it wasn‘t a record meeting, the record being eight minutes. Nothing of any importance was on the agenda and most of the time was taken up with the reading minutes of the two previous meetings. The counâ€" cil decided to give their approval to a resolution that they received from the council of the city of Vancouver last week and passed a resolution asking the Dominion government to continue the Dominion Housing Act as it had proved of benefit to persons in differâ€" ent parts of the country. Last week the council was undecided as to whether they would approve of the Vancouver resolution but yesterday they were all in favour of it. The council was invited to be a part of a special group to visit the Army Train that arrives in Timmins toâ€"night and will be open tor public inspection tomorrow morning from nine o‘clock till ten. Councillor Roberts said that he had been included on a committee that had been formed by Captain G. G. Countryman, district recruiting ffoice: to promote interest in the visit and h« said that the committee had invited the ccouncil to be special guests. The council will meet at the T. N. O. freight offices at eightâ€"thirty tomorrow morning and will be taken through the train half an hour before the public is admitted. p.‘ooma.ol tâ€"all h h TL L P PAAA Changes Will Make Bookâ€"Keeping Much Easier. Meeting Lasts Only Nine Minutes Yesterday Afternoon. Counâ€" cil Approves of Vancouver Resolution. Council W ill Visit Army Train. '""‘ ’-’OO'O"'O’O“O"‘ Councillor â€" Bartleman _ commented that it seemed to be a foolish venture sending the train here but that the best thing they could do about it now was to go and have a look at it. He President of Hollinger Annual Meceting Held at Toronto. Rising Cost and Heavy Taxation Among Present Difficulties for Mining. Net Income Sufficient to Pay the $1.10 a Share Dividends. Certain About Continued Importance of Gold Tcronto, April 1â€"Mining companies are facing difficult times, shareholders of Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, | Limited, were told by Jules R. Timmins president, at their annual meeting | Monday. He mentioned especially the : rising costs and heavy taxation. "The importance of gold in the naâ€" tional economy has been questioned," he said, in part, "and some maintain that gold will not retain its present commanding position in international | finance. This would be most unforâ€" tunate, as Canada is now one of the great goldâ€"producing countries of the' world. ‘Personally, I do not anticipate any such change in the situation and I am not nervous about the future of , gold. It is my firm belief that gold | will continue to hold the predominant position in world affairs it now enjoys and has held for many centuries. | Looks for Consideration "The question of sufficient quantitiecs of supplies is before us, but a careful study of the situation would indicate . that, if demands are reasonable, we wili receive every consideration from both government and manufacturers. tion â€"and JIncome lAX 1101 ‘"eliminate an item of $267 cluded in Hollinger accounts tario corporation taxes. With cancelled your company full the dividend of $1.10 per s tributed in 1941." In outlir president points: 7460643 tor ceding year of 71263 t Ore reserve 7857,500 tons $6,1782,855, i as against 88 a year 2 sections 16 Pages er accounts for Onâ€" axes. With this item mpany fully earned $1.10 per share disâ€" tax field would of $267812.74 inâ€" operations the the â€" following commented that it would be wiser to have sent the equipment to Burma inâ€" stead of sending it all over Canada ‘The rest af the council had little to say either way on the question but all agreed that they would have a look at the equipment anyway. The monthly report of I Borland for March was fyled The council passed a resolution makâ€" ing changes in the cost of living bonus being paid to municipal employees. The change was made ta save labour in the payroll and the clerk asked for the changes saying that a girl was being kept busy every day just to figure out the payroll. The new changes are that employees hired and paid by the hour will now receive a cost of living bonus of four cents per hour. Those paid a daily rate will receive thirty cents per day. Two rates were set down for those employees working on a salary basis. Those working five and a half days each week will receive $7.20 per month while those employees working six full days each week will receive $7.88 per month. Timmins Man Arrested d Here for Hamilton Police Rcbert A. Houle, a voung Timmins man who has been held here for alâ€" most a week for the Hamilton police, was returned to that city yesterday by Detective Freeborn of the Hamilton City Police. It is understood that Houle is wanted in Hamilton in conâ€" nection with a number of breaking and entering charges. A charge of shop, breaking is definitely laid against the man and it is believed that he is also implicated in several more. tion in tonnage milled of 21,500 tons, and in grade of 13 cents. There was also an increase in costs due to the fact that the operation is now wholly underground and that open pit work was awbandoned early in the year. There was practically no new ore developments at the Ross Mine. Exâ€" ploration and development were curâ€" tailed to permit sinking of the shaft from the 450â€"foot level to the 900â€"foot level. This has been completed and exploration and development will be continued during 1942 as usual. Erection of the mill at the Jerome Mine was completed during the year and is now operating successfully. "*Sharecholders, I am sureé, have learnâ€" ed with interest that the company, at the request of the Dominion governâ€" ment, was installing a plant for the treatment of scheelite, a tungstenâ€" bearing mineral which occurs in a number of our veins," Mr. Timmins added. *"The plant has been completed and is in production, with most satisâ€" factory results, The plant will be available for the treatment of scheelite from other mines." â€" Interested in Labrador Directors, it was stated, have recentâ€" ly entered into an agreement with Labrador Mining Exploration Comâ€" pany, Limited, whereby Hollinger Conâ€" solidated has acquired outright cerâ€" tain shares in the company and an option to purchase additional | shares which, if exercised, will give control of the company. The latter holds a mining concession from the governâ€" ment of Newfoundland, giving the exâ€" clusive right to carry on prospecting and development work over a large area of ground in Labrador, portions of which are known to contain important deposits of iron ore. Net asset value of the subsidiary, International Bond and Share Corporâ€" ation, was $4,615,530.54, compared with £3,120,522.47 as of December 31, 1940. The annual reports of mining comâ€" panies which have recently appeared show clearly how working costs and taxes have been eaten into profits, leaving less and less for shareholders," Mr. Timmins added. ‘"Some of the mines show but slight changes in operating costs, but taxes invariably show a very large increase. Hollinger operating costs in 1939 were $5.09 per ton, compared with $5.21 in 194i. Taxes in 1939 were 62 cents per ton, compared with $1.20 in 1941, an increase of 93 per cent. The average wage, including costâ€"ofâ€"living bonus, of employees for the year 1941, was $6.40 per day. . The present rate of costâ€"ofâ€"living bonus is 61 cents per day, 141. Taxes in 1939 were 62 cents per "With mounting ‘costs, priority difhâ€" ton, compared with $1.20 in 1941, an j culties in securing supplies both from increase of 93 per cent. ‘The average |the United States and within Canada, wage, including costâ€"ofâ€"living bonus,} and the probability of still higher taxes of employees for the year 1941, was }due to Canada‘s war effort, it is not $6.40 per day.. The present rate of | anticipated that the present rate of costâ€"ofâ€"living bonus is 61 cents per day. earnings can be maintained. The difâ€" which for the entire year, if there is ficulties enumerated are facing all gold no change, will amount to $550,000." mines in this country. r’““m"""’ Jb PP P C 4» n , / * The Pioneer Paper E B j ' B of the Porcupine. E q ‘ * t â€" Established 1912 ‘ooooooooooooo oooooooooo «lt ce ie Published in Timmins, Ont.. EVERY THURSDAY Fire Chief Canada Famous Canadian Tenor to Give Recital on May 27th Lawrence Defoe to be Feaâ€" tured Soloist on Program at McIntyre Auditorium. Mr. Lawrence Defoe, famous Canaâ€" dian tenor, will give a recital in the MciIintyre auditorium on Wednesday, May 27th, it hase been announced by the Porcupine Music Teachers‘ Assoâ€" ciation, which will sponsor the event. Wellâ€"known ~to Canadian audiences, the talented tenor will provide a proâ€" gramme that should please all lovers of music, and leave with them a memâ€" ory of good songs, well sung. a Mr. Defoe, who is conductor of the Weston Singers, is heard each week over radio station CFRB from Toronto. His recital here on May 27th will mark his first performance in this district, although several local people have heard him at performances in other Gross Production, 201,472 OQunces of Fine Gold. Net Operâ€" ating Profit Before Depreciation, etc,, $5,017,092.72. Taxes Totalled $1,750,072.14. Mounting Costs, Inâ€" creased Taxation and Difficulties About Supplies Among the Troubles of Mining Toâ€"day. Highlights of the annual report of j the Dome Mines Limited for the year di ending Dec. 31st, 1941, are given below. The report was released for publicaâ€" | ar tion yesterday. | in From the President‘s Report | re The report of <the president, Mr.:ic j Jules S. Bache, gives the following inâ€" | teresting facts:â€" { Gross production for 1941 was 201,â€" 472 cunces of fine gold, as comparea with 205,584 ounces in 1940. The net operating profit before deducting deâ€" preciation, production, income and exâ€" cess profits taxes, and outside explorâ€" ation was $5,017,092.72. Similarly the net nonâ€"operating revenue was $732,â€" 348.04. These combined gave a total of $5,749,440.76. Canadian towns Dominion, provincial and municipal taxes amounted to $1,750,072.14, an inâ€" crease of $183,900.00 over 1940. Regret expressed at the passing of George C. Miller, one of the original stockholders of the company and one whose advice and keen business judgâ€" ment were of great value. Top left is a classroom scene at an Officer Cadet Training Unit somewhere in Great Britain. The intentness of the students nromises well for the Canadian Corps‘ new crop of officers. At right the V. C. lieutenantâ€"colonel in command of the Canâ€" zdian officers‘ school discusses a phase of practical outdoor work with two cadets who wear dark masks and gloves in iddition to the camouflage on their "tinâ€"hats". Lower left is not a doubleâ€"cxposure but an aciion shot of three officerâ€"cadets jumping across a smokeâ€"filled trench in assault practice with the latest weapons. | TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, Clastrdem MAnd Out It‘s A Hard Sshool Lieut. Ramsay Park of Timmins is in England Lieutenant Ramsey Park, formerly of Timmins, and now attached to an armoured division in England, arrived overseas last week according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Park, of Cobalt. Lt. Park was in the same Convoy that brought Lt.â€"Col. A. G. L. McNaughton back to England. Pefore joining the Canadian Active Army, Lt. Park was a member of the second battalion of the Algonquin Reâ€" giment stationed in Timmins and was a lanceâ€"corporal in "D" Company before going to Brockville to complete an ofi â€" cers‘ course. An even four thousand persons view: ed the Army Train in North Bay yes terday morning when it was open fo! inspection for a two hour period from ten o‘clock till noon. The train arrivei in Timmins tonight and will be open for insvection tomorrow morning at nine o‘clock. 4,000 VIEW TRAIN TB A LO E::A > LUELC 3 M PNM d S k d M 11 3 oc o 0) c nc rendered. From Report of the General Manager 627700 tons milled in yeart. previous year. Increased co of living bonu sponsible for i of living bonus paid were largely sponsible for increased cost». Exploration work carried on in Northwestern Ontario. _ Option dropâ€" ped on Porcupine Lake property. Bound with the Dome report are annual reports for Dome Exploration Co. and Sigma Mines. COne of the most interesting features of the report is the review of services given Dome employees and the war work and patriotic efforts of Dome emâ€" nlovees. This is given in full elsewhere ployees. This in this issue, The president, on behalf of the irectors, specially thanked Mr. Stovel, eneral manager, Mr. R. E. Dye, assistâ€" nt general managetr, and the operatâ€" ne staff for the excellent services T Bull CoOT a dect ro0dU S nile ated at 2,520,000 80.00) tons from $7,1769,368.09. i of mining be and and grayv! es from mines NORTH BAY BH ely At the monthly meeting of Timmins , branch of the Canadian Legion held in ‘the Legion hall, on Monday, much business was carried through, and in iaddition the members listened very atâ€" tentively to a most interesting address on ‘"Dentistry‘‘ by Dr. Lee Honey. Dr. took his listeners to the earlyl Egyptian period, and showed that denâ€"| tal work was practised even then, though it was very crude. The speakâ€" er followed along the years, giving ilâ€" lustrations of how the profession proâ€" gressed. The French were the first to recognize dentistry as a profession. Speaking of the great war, Dr. Honey told of often visiting the British Muâ€" seum and studying ancient dental work. The Canadian Dental Corps was the first such unit ever to be formed, and j the speaker gave graphic description ofi early dentistry in the Army, telling} of how the muskets of the early Bri-l tish army were loaded by the use of the front teeth. The teeth were used to pull the cap, and the dynamite was | then emptied into the barrel and fired. Continuing, the speaker spoke on pre-' sent day dentistry practice, and the| findings of medical men in this conâ€" nection, closing his address with a few| remarks of the strength of the present day Dental Corps. Several lanterni slides shown were of much interest to the members and a number of quesâ€" tions were asked. Dr. Honey answered these in very interesting manner. ' Austin Neame, president, who occuâ€" pied the chair for the meeting thanked Dr. Honey for his very interesting adâ€" " I dress. Legion Requests That There be Scrutineers at Forthcoming Plebiscite Members of Canadian Legion Working for Allâ€"Out "Yes" for Vote on April 27th. Hon. Mr. Crerar Invited to Adâ€" dress Public Meeting at Timmins. â€"6, School, in Pastâ€"President Walter Greaves was presented with his badge and received a great round of applause when the president pinned this upon his lapel. A very interesting feature was the presence of two popular members once again in uniform, these being Gordon Sinclair, of the Lorne Scots, and Frank Harting, now in the Dutch army. A very interesting pension report was given by pension officer, W. A. Deâ€" vine, and later in the evening the branch endorsed a resolution presented by him pertaining to the large number of preâ€"enlistment disablitier â€" being given men discharged from the present army. This caused quite a discussion and the mover was ably supported by Dr. McClinton who gave evidence to show that a resolution of this class was needed. Wm. Langdon, Walter Greaves and others took part in the discussion. No Practice Monday for Schubert Choral Society Walter Greaves, elected delegate tco vention at Winnipt Dealing with the cite, the members that the vote mus of this the Legion Crerar, Minister ol Crerar, Minis public meetit the Legion. made asking scrutineers i booths. Mention was mi quet, to be held n and all members > sent are asked to weekâ€"end. All these and also th O Easter, joyiul Easter Your great glad tidings bring. Peace and happiness to all While merry church bells ring O Easter, joyful Easter Toâ€"day with gaiety Every ‘Christian heart is filled Filled with high ecstasy. Monda 1€ By Olga Reshatarski) 8, South Porcupine Public in Easter Edition of "Tisâ€" date Talent" s took Greay 1D€ past presl egate to the Domi Winnipeg to be he with the forthcomi Oolution oi thi angdon, Wal : nart in the 1 W aChn Mo aet he the nes the discu president ‘he Vimy Danâ€" irsday evening end to be preâ€" tickets at the teemen â€" have 10OTY Easter practice ‘of ag plebisâ€" r opinion In view Hon. Mr. address a isnices OoI 101 CONn ha llit nighnt,. ust Ford Factory on Outskirts of Paris Severely Damaged and Germany also Bombed Applications for New Town Licenses Coming in Slowly Large Number of Timmins Businessmen are 8Still Without New Licenses. "ifteen British Bombers Lost as Gigantic Raid is Carried Out Over the German Industrial Areas Belgium and Northern France. Mines Laid in Enemy Waters. snow Disappearing Fast from Streetsâ€" of Timmins Timmins streets are in very good shape this spring in spite of the largâ€" est snowstorm for vears a few weeks ago. There have been no floods or slushy streets this year and the snow is practically all gone from the main streets. Some of the back streets are still laden with snow but it is rapidly disappearing. The Public Works Department of the town cleaned snow off the streets almost two weeks after the heavy snowstorm and that has been a big factor in the orderly disappearance 0f the snow this year. Serious Purposes Behind the Plan of the Canadian Army Train Now on Tour Aims to Impress on Public the Tremendous Cost of Moâ€" dern War ; to Show the Soldiers of Tomorrow the Equipâ€" ment They Will Use, and to Suggest the Branch of Serâ€" vice Where They Can Serve Best. In specially urging all to visit the Canadian Army Train to be at Timâ€" mins on Friday of this week (toâ€"morâ€" row) from 9 am. to 12 noon, and at South Porcupine the same day from 1 to 3 pm., The Advance would add this word: Also do not fail to read the letâ€" ter below and note the many important points it makes. This letter gives the serious purposes behind the tour of the Canadian Army Train. Those purposes are in reality special reasons why everyone â€" man woman and child â€" should visit the train. No one should miss it, but they should visit the train with the serious nurposes behind it kept in mind. hould visit urposes be ‘The lette ?ublic Rel: Ti T1J¢ HURSD A Y ic Relation @il Defence equipment Perhap Si n the inevil war by letting 1e instrument idian soldiers. Adval COntari 16 > bt me! In AlIn from the Direct: , Department of Army) at Ottawa €¢ AI ssage ol personal men who will one om the train they aand something of will later expect to impo Jmf not sent s, is t indeed _ weapotr MardC ing Canad2 ‘he purpose n a forceful en of this tremendous see at close yar as used Ontario 23. 1942 erel 1 J 9t In what is termed the greatest air raid of the spring campaign by the Royal Air Force, western and northâ€" western Germany, Belgium and north« ern France felt the weight of the Bri«â€" tish bombers last night as they swept across the channel in waves to reek destruction and wideâ€"spread damage on all factories producing war materâ€" ials for the German armies. The huge Ford factory at Poissy, on the outskiris of Paris suffered considerable damage as the bombers dumped their full loa{s on vital buildings. From Vichy, France, it was conâ€" firmed this morning that the damage that was done at the Ford was tensive and severe. . The Ford factory was formerly turning out airplane motâ€" ors but recently have turned their acâ€" tivities to turning out motor trucks for the German armies and they were beâ€" lieved to be turning them out at the rate of awbout twenty each day. Fifteen British bombers were reportâ€" ed as missing and reports indicated that hundreds of bombers took part in the raid, dropping heavy demolition bombs of a new type. Ten Norwegian steamships making a desperate attempt to run the German blockade of the Baltic and reach Great Britain, have been intercepted by the Germans, despatches from Stockholm indicated this mWorning. Two of the ships were scuttled by their crews, one was run aground and the rourth was left blazing in the Skagerrak between the Norwegian and Danish coasts. The other six returned to Goteborg where they started. The ten ships had been interned since the German invasion of Norway awaiting a ruling by the Swedâ€" ish courts on their status. The Japanese, halted in their atâ€" tempted overland invasion in New Guinea by torrential rains and robbed temporarily of their air superiority by the rising allied strength are expected to launch a seaâ€"borne attack on Port Moresby, it was indicated in despatches from Melbourne today. Great activity was reported behind both the German and Russian lines in the Donnets Basin and in Crimea with both sides apparently girding themâ€" selves for the forthcoming spring camâ€" paign. Mr. W. Weeks, mayor of Englehart, and Mrs. Weeks, were on a visit to Timmins and other parts of the Porâ€" cupine, motoring here from Englehart ind finding the roads very passable for cthis time of year. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents them toward that special branch of the Army they will eventually enter, Victory Loan and War Savings camâ€"« paigns have told Canadians of the need of lending their own money for the burchase of tanks, planes, guns and ships. On this train they may see for themselves a representative selection of some of the very things for which ‘hey so generously parted with their hardâ€"earned dollars. ‘Some communiâ€" ties are familiar with a variety of inâ€" struments of war; many are not. ‘The Army Train therefore is fAlfilling a dual and highly essential service in bringing almost to their very doors demonstration of weapons and muniâ€" tions: and it is showing the people of Canada the fine workmanship carried out by Canadians in Canadian facâ€" aperation in giving the Army lrain not only sufficient publicity to ensure that as many as possiblie see the train for themselves, but that they under« stand beforehand the purpose in sendâ€" ing the train across Canada. Your help will be deeply appreciated, Mortimer Little, Director of Public Relations, lere see Jor tLhemseive: f equipment with whi muitfitted for battle. I am sure you will ; f the utmost importan yeople as possible, in the Army Train can vi: t their duty to carefu thing it contains. A v will give every Canadia realization of the neces cost of modern that will be taken to OTif ‘The familit nen who ma MAYOR OF ENGLEHAART HERY ly parted with ars. ‘Some comt with a variety c : many are not. refore is fAlMill to ensure the train y under« : in sendâ€" their uniâ€" inâ€" ‘The )€